Talking-machine cabinet



April 8, 1924. 1,489,888

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' 1,489,888 E. c. HISCOCK TALKING MACHINE CABINET Filed Sept. 12 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet avwewcoz To all whom it may concern:

Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

urea stapes EMORY CURTIS HIBCOCK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR '10 3. JOB- DAN AND EDWARD B. JORDAN, JR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TALKING-meme CABINET.

Application filed September 12, 1819. Serial No. 823,389.

Be it known that I, EMORY CURTIS HmoooK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New .York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-Machine Cabinets, of which, the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to a talking machine cabinet.

In the usual method of manufacture of talking machine cabinets the parts are made and permanently built up into an assembled cabinet and then the cabinet is finished by staining, varnishing, or painting, rubbing down, etc. Due to the interstices, corners,

and bulk in handling the finishing is expensive and the shelves and interior cannot be rubbed down .but are generally only stained by the artisan using a swab or long handled brush as it is impossible to 've the'interior and the shelves the same finis as the exterior by'reason of the lack of space. In this invention the parts are not only separately made but they are also separately finished. One of the objects of this invention is a method of manufacturing talking machine cabinets whereby the arts are separately made and separately ished at less cost than built .up cabinets and adapted to quantity production.

In addition to enabling a better method of manufacture, a cabinet capable of being readily assembled or disassembled permits of a saving in storage space and freight charges as well as-a saving of cost and greater ease in crating as it can be shipped knock-down. Grated and shipped knockdown there is less chance of injury. An-

. other object of thisinvention is the construction of a talking machine cabinet capable of being readily assembled or taken apart by a simple looking or unlocking of the parts comprising the cabinet.

Still another object is-the construction of a knock-down cabinet with interlocking parts such that when assembled they form a rigid cabinet to all appearances and purposes the same as a built up one.

Referring to the accompanying drawings and to the various views and reference signs gure 1 is aside, sectional view of a cabinet looking in the direction of the anappearing thereon:

rows along line 1, 1, Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is a sec Jhaps displacing it.

piece 29 and is sup tional view of a cabinet looking from back to front in the direction of the arrows on line 2, 2, Fig. 3; Fi 3 is a sectional plan view; Fig. 4,- IS a detall sectional view showing the top locking means; Fig. 5 is a detail section showing retaining screws; Fig. 6 is a detail view of latch on bottom shelf; Fig. 7 is a front view, parts broken out, of a modified form; Fig. 8 is a plan, View of the modified form; Fig. 9 is a modified form of shelf and partition arrangement; and Fig. 10 is a detail view of the locking means for the modified form of shelf and partition arrangement; Fig. 11 is a detail View: of a. modified form of interlocking means; Fig.

12 is a detail view of section 12, 12, Fig. 11 looking in the direction of the arrows of the modified form of interlocking means.

Referring to. Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 1, 1 are the front posts and 2, 2 are the rear posts. The posts 1 and 2 have grooves lengthwise thereof and-having supporting pins 8 spaced at regular intervals therein. The side panels 4 and 6 have cut out ortions t) substantially L-shaped and regular y spaced to conform to the spacing of the pins 8and adapted to lock with the pins when the panels are shoved into the grooves of the posts and then slight- 1y down. The bottom 11 is tongue and groove supported by pieces 12 carried by panels 4 and 6. In the same manner shelves 14, '15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 are supported by pieces 12 fastened to panels 4 and 6 and locked in place by panels 3 and 5. Top 20 has a cover 21 hinged thereto. To the underside of top 20 is fastened the talking machine motor 22. Two L-shaped blocks 23, (Fig. 4') are screwed to the underside of the top 20 to be slide under and held by blocks 24 fastened to the rear panel 5 to lock the top 20 to the panels and posts. -The side panels 4 and6 carry blocks 25 to which the top 20 is secured b four holding screws 26,

to permit moving t e cabinet around without inadvertently unlockinghthe top 20 and pere compartment 27 containing the usual sounding horn is a separate unit and is removable, it fits snug y between the motor board 22 and shelf'19 and ate 28 to lock it in place. The grille opening 28 fits in a channel or way in cross rted by cross piece 30. The doors 7, 7 are 'nged to the posts 1, 1. i111 the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the against the customary grilled sound-opening p v front and back panels and doors are permanently attached to posts 1, 1 and 2, 2 respectively and together constitute, in effect, the front and back panel units or panels, while in the modified form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the front and rear panels are separable from the posts 1, 1 and 2, 2 and interlock therewith in the same manner asthe side panels.

' The doors 7, 7 are hinged to the front posts 1, 1 in the forms shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and in the forms shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the doors 7, 7 are hinged to the front panel proper, i. e., member 3. In all other essential details the structure shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is the same as that shown in Figs.

1, 2 and 3.

Referring to Fi 9 and 10, these views show a modified firm or arrangement of removable shelves and partitions. Shelf 17 and piece 35 have dados 3 for partitions 33. Stop 36 prevents the record books from being inadvertently shoved in too far. Strips 31, and 37 lock the shelves and partitions in and cross side planels 4, 6 are then looked to posts 1, 1;

the elves 11 to 19 are then slid into their ways 12 and posts 2, 2 and the side panels 4 and 6 are-locked. The hook 13 is hooked to its pin to prevent s reading and the dropping out of the she ves when the compartment 27 is inserted. The grill 28 and com-' artment 27 are inserted. Panel 5 is now interlocked with sts 2, 2 to lock the parts together and in t eir place. Top .20 is put on and blocks 23 are caught under blocks 24 to lock the top to the cabinet roper and holding screws 26 are screwed own. The cabinet is then assembled into a rigid unit.

The modified form of shelves and partitions could be used in built up cabinets as well as in the knock-down structure of this invention. The'shelves 17 and 18 are slid in, the artitions 33 are slid into dados 34 and 100 'ng strips 31 and 37 are inserted and molding 32 1s nailed on. L

e parts 33 can be used as shelves when desired as they are adapted to be slid into guides 12. Record albums are not sold as part of the cabinet and hence the most convenient form for the owner. in the case of loose records is to use the parts 33 as partitions, but later on the owner upon the urchase of albums can change the partitions into horizontal shelving which is then more convenient and desirable. The change is accomplished by removing the locking pieees 31, 37, sliding out the partitions 33 and shding them into guides 12 and replacing the locking pieces 31 and 37.

Other forms of interlocking means between the panels and the posts can be readily devised that are effective such as the form shown in Figs. 11 and 12 wherein the pins 39 engage the pins 8. in the slot 40 in the posts. The shoulders 41 in co-operation with the wedging effect of the pins 39 and 8 hold the parts rigidly in interlocked relationship.

From the fore oing description it will be seen that I provide an extremely sim le construction and arrangement of inter ocking parts to form a knock-down cabinet that is strong and rigid. Such a form of construction lends itself to quantity production and the saving of much worksho and storage space. The simple parts can e cut out and made by machine and finished by machine at a lower manufacturing cost. The parts aredried in racks and occu y a very much less space than the complete cabinets would while drying. The parts can be packed in several crates as found convenient, a desirable feature in export shi ping by reason of the saving of frei ht an breakage. The removable horn can e separately packed to prevent injury.

The panels and other from veneer.

Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention and various arrangements embodying the rinciples thereof, what I claim as new an useful and of my own invention, and desire to secure by Let- 105 ters Patent is 1. In a knock-down talking machine cabmet comprising separable sides, removable top, and removable shelves and partitions, means for interlocking the sides, means for 110 parts can be made .locking the top to the sides and means for locking the removable shelves and partitions.

2. In a talking machine cabinet having removable shelves and removable partitions maintained between a air of said shelves, means for adapting sald partitions for use as additional shelves, locking strips engagmg the edges of said partitions and shelves to prevent accidental withdrawal of the same, and means for holding said locking strips in position.

. 3. In a knock-down talking machine cab.- 1net comprising separable sides, removable top, and removable shelves and partitions,

means for interlocking the sides, means for locking the top to the sides, means for adaptmg said partitions for use as additional shelves, and means for locking the shelves and partitions.

at. In a knock-down talking machine mbis interlocked with said posts, to permit the insertion of said compartment.

5. In a knock-down talking machine cabinet comprising four separable side panels, four posts and a plurality of shelves, means for interlocking said side panels .to said posts, and means carried by said shelves and by said panels for holding three of said side panels in interlocked relation with said posts to form a rigid structure while being assembled, before said fourth side'panel is interlocked in position.

6. In a knock-down talking machine cab.- inet, se arable side panels, pin means for remova 1y interlocking said side panels, and a (lliorn compartment between the interlocked s1 es.

7 In a knock-down talking machine cabinet, separable side panels, a removable top, supporting pin means for interlocking said side panels, a horn compartment between the interlocked sides, and means for securing said top to the interlocked sides.

8. In a knock-down talking machine cabinet, separable side panels, means for interlocking said side panels, a shelf held between the interlocked sides, and a horn compartment betweenthe interlocked sides and supported by said shelf, said panels being de- 4 mountable by an upward and outward movement from said interlocking means.

9. In a knock-down talking machine cabinet, a plurality of posts separable interlocked panels joining and fitting within a groove in said posts, supporting pins within each groove in the posts, the cooperating edges of the panels being provided with means adapted to receive said pins and hold the panels in position at least partially by their weight, removable partitions inside said cabinet, a horn compartment within said interlocked panels, and means for securin a cabinet top on said panels.

igned at borough of Brookl n, in the county of Kings and State of ew York, this 8th day of September, A. D. 1919.

EMORY CURTIS HISCOCK. 

